“Visualizing the Political Parties”
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
“New Lawsuit Challenges Limits on PACs That Make Contributions to Candidates”
BNA offers this report on this new lawsuit.
“Votes in disputed House election disclosed”
Interesting story out of Texas.
“Court Hears Challenge to Voting Rights Act”
The Washington Post offers this report on today’s Shelby County case. The AP reports as well that the judge expressed skepticism about whether the coverage formula of the Act is outdated. (This of course is not a new question.)… Continue reading
Mark Tushnet on Regulating False Speech, Including False Campaign Speech, Consistent with the First Amendment
See this draft posted on SSRN.
“Hamilton County Board of Elections to Appeal the 6th Circuit’s Decision in Hunter”
Moritz links to this letter from Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, breaking the tie on the Hamilton County elections board, in what Ned Foley has called a “major ruling” on the meaning of Bush v. Gore.
Latest Issue of NCSL’s “The Canvass” Now Available
Check it out. In includes a discussion of elections and the economy (including voter id).
Declaratory Judgments as Implicit Coercion: The Case of Judge Vinson’s Health Care Decision
I always tell my Remedies students (following Laycock’s formulation) that declaratory judgments are implicitly coercive—and that they are just one step away from an injunction. Jonathan Cohn explains how this logic is playing out in the most recent health care… Continue reading
“Is it Whom You Know or What You Know? An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process”
Bertrand, Bombardini, and Tebbi have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
What do lobbyists do? Some believe that lobbyists’ main role is to provide issue-specific information and expertise to congressmen to help guide the law-making process. Others… Continue reading
“Lobby Dollars Dip for First Time in Years”
Roll Call reports: “Some of this change may be attributed to a quirk in accounting practices under which lobbying expenditures are reported, but it is also indicative of several major players scaling back their Washington influence spending last year.”
“CREW Asks IRS to Drop Tax Exemption Of American Future Fund for Political Activity”
BNA Daily Tax Report offers this report.
“Emanuel’s just one among record number of ballot challenges”
Medill reports.
“The Kochs Fight Back”
Politico offers this interesting report.
Congratulations to Jim Brudney….
Jim has made a lateral move to Fordham. Also, with Jim’s permission I can now share the news that he will be coming on as a co-author of the Eskridge, Frickey and Garrett legislation casebook. That is great news for… Continue reading